Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Modular Origami!

So you may have seen my post in my store blog about these origami owls...

If you'd like to make your own, here's a tutorial for all the little modules!
A picture's worth a thousand words, right? But if you can't follow the photos, I'll be glad to explain what I did to try to help!




And then you have to put these modules together to make the owl. About 100-130 pieces, depending what variation you decide to make!

They each have two pockets and two prongs, so they fit together like this...kind of like legos?





So just make a ring of them for the base...






And then build your way up to make the owl!





Note: owls are by no means the only thing you can make out of these modules. In fact, they are about as versatile as legos or k'nex! Here's a photo of my friend putting together a swan:





Experiment with different patterns and colors! These might take some patience, but the complex figure you can make is well worth it!

2 comments:

  1. is there any particular size for the paper?

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  2. Hi Ktee,

    There really isn't any size you need to use, as long as it's a square (or close).

    I usually make a large square out of 8.5 x 11" computer paper, and then fold that into smaller squares, which turn out to be a bit over 2x2". You can also use square post-it notes for bigger (and pre-cut) squares, or if you don't mind shelling out some money, you can go for the origami paper.

    Hope this helps!

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